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Best Planar Magnetic Headphones – Top 15 Picks

 

 

 

Best Planar Magnetic Headphones

 

 

 

Planar attractive earphones are supposed to be a combination of both dynamic and electrostatic drivers. Due to their sound quality, reasonable cost and other many advantages, the interest for planar attractive earphones has become throughout the years in numerous audiophile networks. As of late, organizations like Audeze, HiFiMan, and OPPO have likewise presented various new models that are prestigious for their great sound. In this article, we list the Best Planar Magnetic Best Planar Headphones available at the present time.

 

 

 

Chapter by chapter list

 

 

 

Our Top 15 Best Planar Magnetic Headphones

 

 

 

Examination Table – Our Top 15 Planar Magnetic Headphones

 

 

 

Best Planar Magnetic Headphones

 

 

 

1. Audeze LCD-4 – Our Best Planar Magnetic Headphone

 

 

 

2. Mr. Speakers Eon Closed – Best Closed-Back Planar Magnetic Headphone

 

 

 

4. Fostex T50RP MK3 – A Cheap Planar Magnetic Headphone

 

 

 

5. HiFiMAN Sundara – Great All-Rounder And Value King

 

 

 

6. HiFiMAN HE 400S – Best Budget Planar Magnetic Headphone

 

 

 

7. OPPO PM-3 – Best Portable Orthodynamic Headphone

 

 

 

8. Mr. Speakers Eon Flow Open – Warm, Engaging and Intimate Sound

 

 

 

9. Audeze Sine – Best On-Ear Planar Magnetic Headphone

 

 

 

What is a Planar Magnetic Headphone?

 

 

 

How Do Planar Magnetic Drivers Work?

 

 

 

Are Planar Magnetic Closed Back Planar Magnetic Headphones Better?

 

 

 

1. Enormous and amazing stomach

 

 

 

2. Responsive stomach

 

 

 

3. Simple on the intensifier

 

 

 

4. Low mutilation

 

 

 

5. Planar Sound Wavefront

 

 

 

Planar Magnetic versus Dynamic Drivers

 

 

 

Planar attractive Drivers versus Electrostatic Drivers

 

 

 

Earphone Design: In-Ear versus On-Ear versus Over-Ear

 

 

 

Open-Back versus Shut Back Best Closed Planar Magnetic Headphones

 

 

 

Impedance and Sensitivity Explained

 

 

 

Resigned From The List

 

 

 

1. Progressed Alpha – First Full Size Offering From Advanced

 

 

 

Our Top 15 Best Planar Magnetic Headphones

 

 

 

Audeze LCD-4

 

 

 

Mr. Speakers Eon Closed

 

 

 

Audeze LCD 2 Classics

 

 

 

Fostex T50RP MK3

 

 

 

HiFiMAN Sundara

 

 

 

Progressed Alpha

 

 

 

HiFiMAN HE 400S

 

 

 

OPPO PM-3

 

 

 

Mr. Speakers Eon Flow Open

 

 

 

Audeze Sine

 

 

 

HiFiMAN Ananda

 

 

 

Audeze iSINE 20

 

 

 

OPPO PM-1

 

 

 

Pit AB-1266 Phi CC

 

 

 

Stone monument M1060

 

 

 

Correlation Table – Our Top 15 Planar Magnetic Open Back Planar Headphones

 

 

 

HEADPHONE IMPEDANCE SENSITIVITY CATEGORY WEIGHT

 

 

 

Audeze LCD-4 200 ohms 97 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 548g

 

 

 

Mr. Speakers Eon Closed 14 ohms 93 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Closed-Back 330g

 

 

 

Audeze LCD2 Classic 70 ohms 101 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 500g

 

 

 

Fostex T50RP MK3 50 ohms 92 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Semi Open-Back 315g

 

 

 

HIFIMAN Sundara 37 ohms 94 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 372g

 

 

 

Progressed Alpha 34 ohms 90 dB+/ - 3 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 397g

 

 

 

HIFIMAN HE400S 22 ohms 98 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 350g

 

 

 

OPPO PM-3 26 ohms 102 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Closed-Back 320g

 

 

 

Mr. Speakers Eon Flow Open 14 ohms 92 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 320

 

 

 

Audeze SINE 20 ohms 120 dB/1mW On-Ear/Closed-Back 230g

 

 

 

HiFiMAN ANANDA 25 ohms 103 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 399g

 

 

 

Audeze iSINE20 24 ohms 112 dB/1mW In-Ear/Open-Back 20g

 

 

 

OPPO PM-1 32 ohms 102 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Closed-Back 395g

 

 

 

Pit AB-1266 Phi CC 42 ohms 88 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 620g

 

 

 

Stone monument M1060 50 ohms 96 dB/1mW Over-Ear/Open-Back 500g

 

 

 

Prior to going further, it is important that a few earphones on this rundown accompany strong costs, and it would be awful not to show them in view of the expense. To keep things even, we have included spending plan and modest choices also that sound extraordinary as well. Leave a remark if your number one planar earphone isn't in this rundown and we will attempt to audit it. Much obliged to you

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Audeze LCD-4 – Our Best Planar Magnetic Headphone

 

 

 

Classification: Open-Back/Over-Ear

 

 

 

Impedance: 200 ohms

 

 

 

Affectability: 97 dB

 

 

 

Geniuses: Outstanding form quality, great soundstage, and instrument partition,

 

 

 

Cons: may be costly to most

 

 

 

The Audeze LCD-4 is one of the lead models from Audeze. The LCD-4 joins broad exploration, execution progressions, and great workmanship that obviously place it above other planar attractive earphones on the lookout. The LCD-4 provisions an incredible development and examination, yet it is by a long shot one of the most exciting earphones you can pay attention to. The main genuine drawback of this earphone would be the cost. At near $4000, the LCD-4 is way outside the vast majority's spending plan.

 

 

 

Things being what they are, is the excessive cost label great? We should discover.

 

 

 

The Audeze LCD-4 arrives in a dark case, which is exceptionally vigorous and all around cushioned. Inside the earphone's case, there is a couple of white gloves to deal with the earphone (truly), along 3m link that includes a 6.3mm end, a proprietor authentication, a glimmer drive that contains the earphone's manual in PDF and the LCD-4 earphone.

 

 

 

The LCD-4 is an over-ear, standard size, open-back earphone and resembles its archetype the LCD-3 with just minor contrasts in the plan. From simply a gander at this earphone, you can see the LCD-4 is a monster. The earphone isn't entirely adaptable, it doesn't crease, and the earcups don't turn so a lot. Nonetheless, this is not out of the ordinary from a major earphone.

 

 

 

The earphone is produced using top notch materials that make it an exceptionally tough earphone. The earphone is produced using metal, wood, and cowhide. The earcup's lodgings are produced using wood, coal black wood, which makes this earphone flawless. To finish the earcup's lodging, sparkly chrome metal barbecues make up the strong form. The earpads are thick and exceptionally delicate. The earpads are calculated pleasantly, and there is a little hole among them and the earcup's lodging to ensure there is no tension development. The headband includes a carbon fiber top and a cowhide head-tie. Joining the headband to the earcups are extremely strong metal burdens and an exceptionally incredible change system.

 

 

 

Aside from the outstanding form quality, the Audeze LCD-4 likewise includes the most slender stomach of all best shut planar attractive earphones. As per Tyll Hertsens of Innerfidelity in a discussion with Sankar, CEO, and fellow benefactor of Audeze, the LCD-4 stomach is sub-0.5 microns thick. The slender measurement takes into account extremely low bends in the sound quality.

 

 

 

While the Audeze LCD-4 components among perhaps the heaviest earphone we have tried, the solace level of this earphone is sufficiently excellent to be worn for quite some time with practically no indications of exhaustion. Thick and delicate calculated earpads combined with an incredible and clasp free headband make it a truly agreeable earphone. The headband additionally includes sufficient adaptability to fit a wide reach diverse head shapes and sizes. The earphone gets heavier when utilized for long meetings. Nonetheless, generally, the solace and attack of the LCD-4 is exceptionally high.

 

 

 

So how does the Audeze LCD-4 sound?

 

 

 

The Audeze LCD-4 essentially nails it in the propagation of the bass. In general, the bass is tight, all around broadened, and clean. For an open-back earphone, the bass comes out with great amount and effect. As indicated by Audeze, the bass stretches out down to 5Hz, and in the wake of paying attention to the LCD-4, I will in general concur with their cases. The change from the bass to the midrange likewise comes out as exceptionally normal. The midrange and how the LCD-4 recreates this part makes it truly outstanding around here. Instruments are well finished, itemized, and similar. As I would see it, the LCD-4 figures out how to paint the image of the sound quite well.

 

 

 

The high pitch of the LCD-4 is by all accounts the conversation with regards to discussing this earphone. Everybody has an inclination on the measure of high pitch they like. I track down the high pitch of the LCD-4 to be normal and wonderful. It is absent like different frequencies, possibly somewhat recessed yet nitty gritty and fun.

 

 

 

2. Mr. Speakers Eon Closed – Best Closed-Back Planar Magnetic Headphone

 

 

 

Classification: Closed-Back/Over-Ear

 

 

 

Impedance: 14 ohms

 

 

 

Affectability: 93 dB

 

 

 

Professionals: Comfortable, Spacious sounding, great segregation

 

 

 

Cons: not a lot

 

 

 

MrSpeakers in the course of the most recent couple of years has developed from adjusting the T50RP to a prestigious maker of planar attractive earphones. Over their last years, Mrspeakers contributions have expanded to wide scope of best planar earphones with better costs and worked on solid quality.

 

 

 

The Mr. Speakers Eon Closed arrives in a black box and inside you get a dark conveying case that would give a versatile benefit to this earphone. Inside the conveying case, there is a pocket that holds the link and the earphone. The link included, which are called DUMMER link, are ended by a 3.5mm jack and a 1/4 connector screwed naturally. The link is strong and is by all accounts somewhat weighty yet not as thick as different links from their lead earphones. The earphone likewise accompanies three tuning cushions, and you at long last get a declaration of legitimacy from MrSpeakers.

 

 

 

The Eon Flow is an over-ear, shut back, planar attractive earphone. The form quality is extraordinary and highlights a special tear shape in the plan. The materials of the Eon Flow Closed are first class. The headband includes a decent quality bonded leather material. The headband configuration is a lounger style and is joined to steel wires that permit it to change either up or down. The earcups of the earphone are all around cushioned with adaptable padding, and a top notch artificial leather gives a delicate cover. The cushions are replaceable, and cushion substitutions can be purchased from Mrspeakers site. The earcups lodging are made of carbon fiber, which is of top notch and attempts to make the general load of the earphone much lower.

 

 

 

The solace of the Eon Flow Closed is excellent. The earpads are enormous, and the special tear state of this earphone gives adequate space to fit distinctive ear sizes. The protein cowhide earpads give an exceptionally delicate, agreeable, and extravagant surface that lays very well on the skin. The earpads may get a little warm particularly in warm climatic areas, however generally speaking they turn out great.

 

 

 

 

The Eon Flow Closed is light, and the bonded leather headband functions admirably to convey the weight equitably. The headband gives a truly agreeable clasp, and the general fit is awesome. The changes of the headband to accommodate your head size are extraordinary, pull

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